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Andy Murray uncertain to play in fifth Olympics despite selection

  • Tennis

Andy Murray said Sunday he was "not 100 per cent sure" he will play at the Paris Olympics despite being selected just hours earlier for his fifth Games. Murray, who has said he intends to retire later this year, was granted an International Tennis Federation (ITF) place to compete at the Games despite his lowly singles ranking of 97 because he is a former Grand Slam winner and double-Olympic champion.

Joe Salisbury and Neal Skupski will represent Team GB in the men's doubles and the pairing of Murray

June 17, 2024"I am not 100 per cent sure," Murray told reporters at Queen's Club, while dressed in a Team

GB tracksuit.

Team GB were also notified on Thursday that 2021 US Open champion Emma Raducanu would be in the mix for

the semi-finals of the Nottingham Open on Sunday— was the sole female player included in the British team


British Olympic medal reassigned to France after 124 Years

  • Olympics

A silver medal originally credited to Great Britain in the 1900 Olympics has been reassigned to France following new information about the cyclist who won it.

in the official records of the Olympic Games Paris 1900 and in the IOC's database," the IOC added.A Team

GB spokesperson said, "We were aware of the change of status for the medal, and have ourselves benefited


Sam Williamson and Adam Peaty's rivalry heats up ahead of Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Swimming champion Sam Williamson has issued a warning to his breaststroke rivals with an impressive performance at Australia's Paris 2024 trials. The 26-year-old manage to record the fastest time by an Australian 100m breaststroker in over a decade, finishing at 58.95 seconds at Brisbane Aquatic Centre on Monday. 

Williamson, the world champion in the 50m breaststroke in Doha, has secured his spot on his first Olympic team

 His performance in Brisbane positions him as a strong contender challenging Team GB star Adam Peaty's

"I have never been on an Olympic team so there's a bit more nerves in the stomach, but nothing I can't


Danny Kerry named GB Hockey performance director

  • Hockey

Danny Kerry has been appointed as the performance director for GB and England Hockey, tasked with guiding

 Previously, Kerry held the role of head coach for England and GB women from 2005-2012 and 2014-

head coach from 2018 until early 2022.Danny Kerry has taken up the role of performance director for GB

GETTY IMAGES"I am really proud and looking forward to be able to join the performance team at England

and GB Hockey again," said the 53-year-old, who was recently the head coach of the Canada's women's

team, before leaving after the Paris Olympic qualifiers in January."


Helen Glover heads 42-strong Team GB rowing squad for Paris 2024

  • Rowing

among 42 athletes, across 10 boats, who will represent Great Britain at the Paris 2024 Games after the team

The Team GB rowing squad for @Paris2024 is here!

@BritishRowing | @EurostarUK— Team GB (@TeamGB) June 5, 2024Britain's rowers won just two medals in Tokyo

Now, we have selected a very strong team of athletes with a good mix of returning and first-time Olympians

know are relishing the opportunity to go out there and write a unique chapter in the legacy of the GB

Rowing Team."



Kirsty Gilmour selected for Great Britain at Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024

Badminton star Kirsty Gilmour expressed that being selected for Team GB for a third Olympic Games feels

She previously competed for the team in Rio in 2016 and Tokyo three years ago."

GETTY IMAGES“Selection never gets old," she explained to Team GB.com.


King Charles to become Patron of British Olympic Association

  • Olympics

To commemorate the first anniversary of his coronation, King Charles III will assume the role of patron for the British Olympic Association (BOA). This appointment highlights his endorsement of the nation's Olympic pursuits.

and in particular HRH The Princess Royal, is important, and has been crucial to the recent success of Team

GB.


British event rider Georgie Campbell dies after fall from horse

  • Equestrian

British Eventing has confirmed that 37-year-old event rider Georgie Campbell has died after falling from her horse at the Bicton International Horse Trials in Devon on Sunday.

NICO MORGANCampbell began riding at the age of two, taught by her mother Debbie, a former GB endurance

showing rider before transitioning to eventing.As a teenager, she was shortlisted for the British junior team


Yasmin Harper clinches British Championship and secures spot in Paris

  • Diving

Springboard diver Yasmin Harper clinched the women's 3m springboard championship at the British Diving Championships, guaranteeing her spot in the event at the upcoming 2024 Paris Olympics this summer.

Having already secured spots on Team GB for the Olympics, the duo achieved a score of 308.16.

ensuring his position as the last diver in the final session, which will conclude the 2024 Speedo Aquatics GB

Diving Championships on Sunday afternoon.As a Tokyo Olympian and already securing his spot on Team GB


Olympic swimming champion David Wilkie dies at 70

  • Swimming

British swimmer David Wilkie, who won 200m breaststroke gold at the Montreal 1976 Olympics, has died at the age of 70.

However, the kidnap and killing of Israeli team members by Palestinian terrorists would leave an indelible

world and European titles.Our thoughts are with David's family and friends. pic.twitter.com/75VXpOzYak— Team

GB (@TeamGB) May 22, 2024A month after his second Olympic Games, Wilkie announced his retirement from

for swimming too quickly and without due care and attention to other users of his local pool.Montreal team-mate

Aquatics GB lauded him as "one of the first British swimming icons".


Refugee Team's taekwondo athlete eyes gold at Paris 2024

  • Taekwondo

Taekwondo athlete Farzad Mansouri was the flag bearer for Afghanistan at Tokyo 2020, but he left the country when the Taliban captured Kabul.

and I should be ready," says the athlete.Then Mansouri was invited to Great Britain to train with the GB

Taekwondo Team.

He was third at the European Olympic Qualifiers, and later he was named to represent IOC Refugee Team


From the University of Bath to the Paris Paralympics

  • Paralympics Pages

Suzanna Hext today became the first University of Bath athlete to be officially selected by Paralympics GB

She has been undergoing strength and conditioning training at Team Bath's Sports Training Village (STV

for Paris 2024 by swimming well inside the qualifying time in the S5 100m freestyle at the Aquatics GB

What an honour it will be to represent Paralympics GB and Aquatics GB".In Tokyo, Suzanna reached two


Olympic Qualifier Series feature star power, urban vibe in Shanghai

  • Olympics

With the kickoff in China’s hippest city just a day away, Australian Logan Martin and Britain’s Charlotte Worthington headline the BMX freestyle competition, while Leonardo Veddriq, of Indonesia and Nonaka Miho, of Japan, are sport climbing’s main attraction for this inaugural two-part-series event.

Sky Brown, another Team GB phenom in skateboarding, is the youngest-ever Olympic medal winner to participate


Focus on Paris 2024 for Great Britain's Taekwondo European champions

  • Taekwondo

Team GB ended a successful European Championship campaign with 6 medals in able bodied and 3 medals in

Paralympic Games”.The Performance Director Gary Hall said that the athlete’s performance and results by the team

first major championship gold medal, alongside all other medallists, athletes, coaches and support team

that contributed to this successful team result.